Eleanor Murkey is the Dean of the College of Lake County (“CLC”) Campus in Waukegan, Illinois. She is a native of Philadelphia, P.A., and has lived in the Waukegan area for the last thirty-five years.
Ms. Murkey was hired by CLC in 1976 as the Director of the Outreach Center and was instrumental in having the Lakeshore Educational Center made a branch campus of the College of Lake County by the Illinois Community College Board in 1985. That lead to the expansion of the Lakeshore Campus and a new state of the art facility.
Ms. Murkey, classified as (EMH), Educational Mental Handicap during her elementary and secondary education, points to herself as she encourages young people to stretch beyond ordinary expectations.
Ms. Murkey is a graduate of Northeastern. Illinois University and National College of Education. She serves on many civic and social committees, boards and foundations. She is a member of the NAACP, National. Association of Black School Educators, The Association for Adult & Continuing Education, Illinois Adult Continuing Educators Association, the National Association of College Administrators, the Illinois Committee on Black Concerns in Higher Education, the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women, Universal Associates, American Association of Women in Community and Junior Colleges and the Universal Foundation for Better Living. She also is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and is on the National Steering Committee for Enhancing Black Students Success in the Community college, Illinois Guardianship & Advocacy Commission and the National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice.
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